On July 18 – 19, the 33rd annual Summer HarborArts Juried Arts & Craft Show will feature over 100 artists and craftspeople in scenic downtown Camden Harbor. This two-day celebration of the arts includes both established and emerging artists in a variety of disciplines. Enjoy painting, photography, sculpture and mixed media, along with crafts such [...]

Pick up fresh-off-the-farm and other goodies from some of our local entrepreneurs, Friday mornings, 9am – 1pm, May to November, on Main Street in Belfast. The third Friday of each month, the market features a different act of live entertainment, including musicians, jugglers, mimes, and even a jazz quartet.

For the third year in a row, the Belfast Maskers, a community-sponsored and community-run live theater company, is staging an out-of-doors production at Steamboat Landing Park in Belfast. This year they will be performing Oliver!, a large cast musical adapted from the [...]

This three-day festival (Friday, July 17 – Sunday, July 19) highlights the Celtic history and culture of the Maine coast. Enjoy traditional Celtic music with bagpipes, fiddles, drums and accoridans; watch games like cheese rolling and wheelbarrow races; sample homemade food and of course traditional Guiness stout. The event is run by community volunteers and [...]

Merryspring, is a non-profit, privately-owned 66-acre park and education center in Camden and Rockport, Maine, with nature trails and eight gardens open to the public every day free of charge. This member-supported organization offers talks, classes and workshops throughout the year.

This festival is described as “a great day of small boats”, with boat races in Belfast Harbor, a fishing tournament, and a boat show at Heritage Park. Visitors will have the chance to talk with local boat builders and craftsmen and watch boat building demonstrations. The Penobscot Marine [...]

The Cellardoor Winery in Lincolnville (just 15 min from Belfast Bay Inn) offers tours and wine and cheese tastings nearly every weekend throughout the summer. Or you can visit their Villa store in Rockport (another 10 mins away) and while in town, drop by the State of Maine Cheese Shop or their Rockport Marketplace, where [...]

Bay Chamber Concerts was founded as a summer chamber music festival in 1961 by the late Andrew Wolf, pianist, and flutist Thomas Wolf. The two teenage brothers had summered in Rockport, Maine since early childhood.

In organizing a concert series, they were following in the footsteps of famous musicians who had been associated with the [...]